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Spike struck the ground heavily, groaning as he slowly pushed himself onto his feet. He was pleased to see that he still had the Vorax sword and the chain-link whip. Picking the weapons up, Spike whirled around, slashing wide with the Vorax, narrowly missing Pavayne, as he stepped out of range, but Spike snapped his chain, cracking the Reaper across the face and making him spit blood. Looking around, Spike saw that they were standing atop a building, with a large skylight nearby. The sky was still covered in orange and black clouds, while a few demons patrolled the streets

“So, it’s gonna just be you and me then?” Spike asked

“Seems that way,” Pavayne replied

“In that case then, I won’t be using these”

Spike dropped the chain and Vorax, then kicked them out of reach

“I’ll just use these instead,” he said, vamping out

“I can work with that”

Pavayne fired a telekinetic blast into the rooftop, ripping up a gouge and sending pieces of concrete at Spike. He dropped to the ground, small pieces embedding into his body. Spike growled, getting to his feet once it was over, only to get struck in the face. Pavayne struck him again, then punched him in the stomach and kneeing him in the face. Wiping the blood away from his lip, Spike growled and lashed out, but Pavayne locked his arm with Spike’s, then spun around and tossed him through the air. Spike rolled twice, before getting to his feet and grabbing his chain

“Right then. Guess I will be needing these”

Pavayne dodged the first swing, but Spike snapped it back, striking the hook against his cheek. Moving in, Spike whipped the chain upwards, driving it into Pavayne’s jaw, then wrapped it around Pavayne’s left leg and flicked his wrist, pulling the Reaper to the ground. Pavayne went to get up, but Spike grabbed him by front of his coat and hauled him up, punching him in the face. Pavayne broke out of Spike’s grip and punched him in the ribs, as Spike socked him back, then blocked his rising knee and uppercutted him. As Pavayne stumbled back, Spike moved in with a roundhouse kick, but the Reaper ducked under it, grabbing Spike by the back of his duster and throwing him through the air. Spike came to a rest near the skylight, as Pavayne picked him up. Spike threw a punch and missed, then drove his elbow backwards into Pavayne’s face. However, as he fell backwards, Pavayne grabbed onto Spike as they smashed through the skylight

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“We must find them,” Illyria said

“We don’t even know where they went,” Buffy replied

“Which is why we look for them”

“We could try that spell that Ava used,” Wesley suggested, “The locator spell”

“Who’s Ava?” Buffy asked

“A rogue Slayer. I employed her last year to kill Spike and Illyria,” Wesley replied, “She recently died while fighting against Non”

“I’ll get started on the locator spell,” Cordelia said

“Need any help?” Angel asked

“No, I’ll be fine”

“Great, so what do we do now?” Faith asked

“We patrol the streets, take out the rest of the demons,” Buffy replied, “Cordelia will have that location for us soon and we’ll track down Spike from there”

“I will search for Spike,” Illyria said, “You can all kill the demons”

Reloading her bandoliers, she left the hotel

“Don’t worry, you get used to it,” Lindsey said, “After a while”

“Alright, we all heard the primordial one,” Angel said, “Killing demon time”

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Spike struck the walkway, breaking through the wood and landing on the lower level, cracking his shoulder against a steel bar, while Pavayne snapped through one of the steel bars and fell further, breaking a hole through another walkway and landing on a boardwalk three levels below Spike. The peroxide vampire slowly got to his feet, groaning as he held his dislocated shoulder and popped it back into place, a roar of pain escaping his throat, while Pavayne groggily got to his feet. The pair had fallen into the very same building where Faith and Angelus had battled for the last time three years ago

“Good one, William, dislocate your arm,” Spike muttered, “Next time, break your neck”

Pavayne suddenly appeared before him and punched him, knocking him down. Spike landed on his hands and knees, growling when pain flared in his shoulder and he kicked Pavayne in the stomach, before getting to his feet and swinging his fist. Pavayne caught his wrist and did a knife-strike on his elbow, bending his arm involuntary and allowing him to get in close so he headbutt Spike. He reeled back, as Pavayne moved in with a front kick. Spike grabbed his leg and spun him around in mid-air. Pavayne landed on his face, as Spike grabbed him and slid him along the walkway. Coming to a stop, Pavayne got up, grabbing a plank of wood and charging at Spike. He dropped under the swing and rammed his good shoulder into Pavayne’s diaphragm, then slammed the Reaper against the steel bar, as it groaned under his weight. Pinning him down, Spike then slammed both fists onto Pavayne’s chest, the bar snapping and they fell down to the floor below

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Illyria stabbed her knife into the demon’s throat, then removed it and threw it into the chest of another demon, as Lindsey sliced open a demon, then spun around a second demon, reversing his sword and running the demon from behind, just as his phone rang

“Hello? You have? Whereabouts? Okay, got it”

“Was that Wesley?” Illyria asked

“Yeah, he’s found Spike’s location,” Lindsey answered

“I’ll go alone. You are needed with the others”

“Alright then. Spike’s at this shop downtown”

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Spike blocked Pavayne’s fist and punched him, ducking under his next punch and striking him again. Pavayne uppercutted him in response, before kicking him in the stomach. Spike rolled back onto his feet, then leapt backwards onto the boardwalks again, avoiding Pavayne’s next blow. The Reaper growled under his breath, before leaping up as well. Spike swung his fist, but Pavayne deflected his hand and cracked him in the jaw, then landed an uppercut on his chin. Spike stumbled, recovering in time to leap over Pavayne when he swung his fist, landing behind him and kicking him in the back. Whirling around, Pavayne backhanded Spike, then grabbed him and threw him across the room onto another boardwalk. Spike got to his feet, as Pavayne landed before him and swung his fist. Spike stepped back to avoid the swing, punching Pavayne in the face, then sinking his fist into his stomach, followed by an elbow to the back and then used him as a stepping stone to leap back across to the previous boardwalk

“Spike!”

Spike looked up, as Illyria landed beside him, holding the Vorax sword and his chain, while her bandoliers of knives was strapped to her torso, as Pavayne got to his feet

“Have you come to die with Spike?” he asked

Illyria handed Spike his weapons, then grabbed two daggers and threw him. Pavayne deflected them with telekinesis, before leaping across and kicking Spike in the chest. He was thrown into Illyria, knocking them both down and in the scramble to get back up onto their feet, the couple fell off the boardwalk onto the floor below

“I’ll take that as a yes,” Pavayne said, dropping down

Spike and Illyria got to their feet, as Pavayne struck them with telekinesis, blasting them across the room. Spike slammed against one of the structures, while Illyria slid along the floor. Pavayne grinned; walking over to them, but then got struck in the face by Spike’s chain. He spat blood, as Illyria threw one of her daggers into his left thigh

“You took Elena,” she said, “You hurt her. For that, you must die”

“I’ve got a better idea,” Pavayne said

He raised his hands, as a black, wispy portal opened up behind Spike and Illyria. They turned around to see what was behind them, as Pavayne used his telekinesis to blast the couple instead. Laughing to himself, he jumped in after them, as the portal closed up

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